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Langley Hyde

@langleyhyde

she/her: game writer/narrative designer for Romance Club; spec fic author; college instructor; queer/bi & polyamorous & ND; mother; PNWer; gardener; Clarion; MFA; Codexian; SFWA; founder of depraved fancy https://www.depravedfancy.com/

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Hmmm I don’t know! I asked but haven’t gotten permission to share references yet

05.03.2026 20:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cute chibi drawings ❤️

05.03.2026 20:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The red western huckleberry in flower! Out walking my dog. Today I feel a little behind

#bloomscrolling #pnw

05.03.2026 17:12 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Omg look at the kitty cat ❤️

28.02.2026 18:33 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

It is terrible, isn't it, what I have to put up with. Just terrible...

Sometimes she chirps too

27.02.2026 20:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
a patterned feedsack dress from the 1930s

a patterned feedsack dress from the 1930s

And look at this feedsack dress! So pretty--wrong era, but still. I'd wear it!

americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...

27.02.2026 19:55 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This little monster just chewed through my headphones cable. She feels very strongly that hands are for putting cats, not typing. (Yes, it is the 3rd in 3 mo and now I will finally buy Bluetooth)

#amwriting #not #cats

27.02.2026 19:47 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I dropped this in the 7B and SCV QA chats. :)

27.02.2026 18:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Of course! And don’t worry about it! I wasn’t writing much today, just doing other catch up tasks :)

27.02.2026 04:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If anyone was wondering about Alan’s bouquet!

27.02.2026 04:05 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Halsey - Darling (Lyric Video)
Halsey - Darling (Lyric Video) YouTube video by HalseyVEVO

Maybe Darling by Halsey for Virginia? I don't know, though... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdGS...

26.02.2026 22:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Decemberists - A Beginning Song
The Decemberists - A Beginning Song YouTube video by rw104

A Beginning Song by the Decembrists for Frank? www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBRo...

26.02.2026 22:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sia - Breathe Me
Sia - Breathe Me YouTube video by SiaVEVO

What about Breathe Me by Sia for Volpe/Mercy? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghPc...

26.02.2026 22:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Secret - Official Video by The Pierces
Secret - Official Video by The Pierces YouTube video by thepierces

I was thinking about this, and I found another Montclare/Mercy song? Maybe? I do like this song...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzNF...

26.02.2026 22:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I love pretty baby! It's so good for Sabrina. <3

26.02.2026 22:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you! Got it in on Wednesday. Today has been catch-up, tomorrow I gotta add emotions, list and describe assets, and being drafting episode 15!

26.02.2026 22:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

💃😮📰🎙️🤔🛢️🍺🚗😢🍂🚗🥃🧑‍🤝‍🧑

26.02.2026 22:08 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I replied! But I can't see it here--hope you can? If not I can repost

26.02.2026 19:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yes, of course!

green carnations: associated with Oscar Wilde, and being gay
acacia: secret love
yellow chyrsanthemums: slighted love, fearful love
peonies: romance
lavender: another flower used to symbolize gayness
white orchid: purity and faith

26.02.2026 19:14 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Sometimes, "perfection" is the enemy of "done"--as they say. I wish I could I could go for a 5th or 6th revision or rewrite, esp. after I'm further along in the book. I always think of modifications I could've made to released chapters that'd improve the current scene. But that's writing a serial!

25.02.2026 19:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So I'd say for the harder scenes, at least 3 or 4 times rewriting it is normal for me. I cut, rearrange, sometimes re-draft. But usually time prohibits me from going too far or modifying too much. It's a serial, and I need to deliver chapters on time...

25.02.2026 19:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

And then there's the scene I've been working on this week. I have a tough time with some subjects. So I've rewritten this one 3 or 4 times. Thought about a 5th rewrite, but the line count would explode, it'd get too long. I tinkered with it today.

25.02.2026 19:42 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For other scenes, ones that trouble me or are tougher or trickier, I leave them and I write out of order. Sometimes just giving myself time to think, taking a walk, weeding the garden, can help me find that line that'll pin the scene together...

25.02.2026 19:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It depends! Sometimes, I'm lucky enough to write a scene and have that "yes" feeling. It emerges right on the first draft, each word slotting into place like a key, and it just works, like a little machine. Other times... not so much.

25.02.2026 19:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Sometimes, some romantic scenes are so difficult that I just write my way in circles around them all around the episode until every last bit is done until I have only one bit left to write and it's that bit...

#writingcommunity #amwriting

24.02.2026 20:39 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yay! <3

Honestly I am so happy to hear that ☺️

24.02.2026 19:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I love that! ❤️

24.02.2026 19:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Maybe sometime I will try hydroponics though! :)

24.02.2026 19:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lettuce Seeds, Parris Island Cos Experience the joy of growing your own Parris Island Cos lettuce with seeds from RareSeeds.com. Shop now for pure, natural, non-GMO heirloom seeds!

Nah, normally I grow my lettuces outside fine... I think the issue with some of the rarer lettuces I was trying was a.) climate, as I live in PNW and b.) the supplier, as I was buying from Baker Seeds... mixed germination rates, and I don't buy from them now cuz politics...

24.02.2026 19:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What do you think? What songs/lyrics remind you of SCV's love lines?

24.02.2026 16:48 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0